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Two men in custody after teen dragged into alley, house and sexually assaulted

Calgary police investigate a home on Sunday Nov. 16 2014, in the northeast community of Martindale in connection to the kidnapping and sexual assault of a teen girl over the weekend. Darren Makowichuk/Calgary Sun/QMI Agency

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Calgary police are investigating a disturbing case that saw a teen attacked by strangers at a bus stop and repeatedly sexually assaulted.

About 11:30 p.m. Friday, a 17-year-old girl was waiting at a bus stop near Taradale Dr. and Taracove Rd. N.E. when she was approached and attacked by two men she did not know.

The teen was dragged into a nearby alley and sexually assaulted and then walked by the men to a home in nearby Martindale, where she was repeatedly sexually assaulted, said Staff Sgt. Melanie Oncescu of the child abuse unit.

About 8 a.m. Saturday, the teen managed to escape.

“She was able to take the opportunity when they weren’t paying attention and get away from the home,” said Oncescu.

Investigators were able to identify the home and arrange for warrants.

Sunday morning, three men from the house were taken into custody for interviewing.

Two of them — brothers in their 20s — are considered suspects while the third — a relative of the pair, believed to be their father — is being treated as a potential witness, though that could change said Oncescu.

One of the brothers has a history with police.

Throughout the day, child abuse investigators carried several garbage bags from the Martindale home, filling the back of a truck.

Oncescu said there was a weapon involved in the teen’s attack, but didn’t go into detail.

The victim was also physically assaulted, she said.

Oncescu said there was “concern of a concussion” but didn’t say whether the girl suffered other physical injuries.

“This case is very disturbing in the sense that a young girl has been attacked and these people are unknown to her,” she said.

It’s not believed the case is related to the violent sexual assault of a 30-year-old woman found near the Bridgeland LRT station on Nov. 8.

Police are now looking for any witnesses in the most recent incident, and Oncescu said though it may have appeared as though the teen was being helped by the suspects, that was not the case.

“I will stress that the victim was not impaired when this took place,” she said.

“However, she was forcibly taken from the one address to the other, which would potentially have somebody who may have seen this think that perhaps she was impaired and needed to be assisted in walking.”

As of Sunday afternoon, charges were pending but none had been laid.

Anyone with information is asked to call police at 403-266-1234 or Crime Stoppers 1-800-222-8477.